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- Review the information from the previous session.
- Explain that human population characteristics differ over time and from region to region. Display maps or charts that reflect the following characteristics, and discuss each with the students. An almanac or The World Factbook 2002 of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency <https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html> may be of assistance.
• Birth and death rates
• Age distribution
• Male/female distribution
• Life expectancy
• Infant mortality
• Urban/rural
• GDP
• Ethnicity
• Language
• Religion
• Education
- Provide students with an almanac and other resource materials, and instruct them to prepare a chart that includes the above information for five or six selected countries. Add to the chart literacy rate, number of doctors, type of government, and other teacher-selected factors. NOTE: Select countries that do not have similar statistics so students can compare developing countries and developed countries. Also, select countries that represent each of the world regions. This may take more than one session for students to complete. An alternative is to divide the class in groups and have each group research different countries.
- Have the students share what they discovered as they completed the charts. Encourage them to consider why these factors vary so much from country to country. Point out that countries with a high death rate and low life expectancy tend to have low literacy rates. Ask students to consider possible reasons for this and what other corresponding or related variables may exist.
- Assign a teacher-selected reading, worksheet, or other reinforcement activity, using available teacher resources.
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